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The Misuse of Drugs Regulations 2001
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20. Any person required to keep a register under regulation 19 shall comply with the following requirements, that is to say—
[F1(a)in the separate register or separate part of the register used for each class of drug, a separate page shall be used in respect of each strength and form of that drug and the head of each such page shall specify the class of the drug, its strength and form;]
(b)every entry required to be made under regulation 19 in such a register shall be made on the day on which the drug is obtained or, as the case may be, on which the transaction in respect of the supply of the drug by the person required to make the entry takes place or, if that is not reasonably practicable, on the day next following that day;
(c)no cancellation, obliteration or alteration of any such entry shall be made, and a correction of such an entry shall be made only by way of marginal note or footnote which shall specify the date on which the correction is made;
[F2(d)every such entry and every correction of such an entry shall be made in ink or otherwise so as to be indelible or shall be in a computerised form in which every such entry is attributable and capable of being audited and which is in accordance with best practice guidance endorsed by the Secretary of State under section 2 of the National Health Service Act 1977;]
(e)such a register shall not be used for any purpose other than [F3purposes related to] these Regulations;
(f)a separate register shall be kept in respect of each premises at which the person required to keep the register carries on his business or occupation, but subject to that not more than one register shall be kept at one time in respect of each class of drugs in respect of which he is required to keep a separate register, so, however, that a separate register may, with the approval of the Secretary of State, be kept in respect of each department of the business carried on by him;
(g)every such register in which entries are currently being made shall be kept at the premises to which it relates [F4and, where the register is in computerised form, be accessible from those premises].
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F1Reg. 20(a) substituted (1.2.2008) by The Misuse of Drugs and Misuse of Drugs (Safe Custody) (Amendment) Regulations 2007 (S.I. 2007/2154), regs. 2(4)(a), 4(10)
F2Reg. 20(d) substituted (14.11.2005) by The Misuse of Drugs and the Misuse of Drugs (Supply to Addicts) (Amendment) Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/2864), regs. 1(1), 10(1)
F3Words in reg. 20(e) substituted (7.7.2006) by The Misuse of Drugs (Amendment No. 2) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/1450), regs. 2(1), 8 (with regs. 12, 13)
F4Words in reg. 20(g) inserted (14.11.2005) by The Misuse of Drugs and the Misuse of Drugs (Supply to Addicts) (Amendment) Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/2864), regs. 1(1), 10(2)
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